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heredium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From heres (heir) + -ium (suffix forming neuter nouns). Its use as a unit of area derives from an early land reform which bequeathed 2 jugers of land to each Roman citizen as heritable property.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hērēdium n (genitive hērēdiī or hērēdī); second declension

  1. a hereditary estate
  2. (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area (approximatelyacres or ½ hectare).

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative hērēdium hērēdia
genitive hērēdiī
hērēdī1
hērēdiōrum
dative hērēdiō hērēdiīs
accusative hērēdium hērēdia
ablative hērēdiō hērēdiīs
vocative hērēdium hērēdia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Meronyms

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